Colin Farrell
Actor, Producer
May 31, 1976 (49 years)
Colin James Farrell (born 31 May 1976) is an Irish actor. A leading man in blockbusters and independent films since the 2000s, he has received various accolades, including three Golden Globe Awards and a nomination for an Academy Award. The Irish Times named him Ireland's fifth-greatest film actor in 2020, and Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023.
Farrell began acting in the BBC drama series Ballykissangel (1998) and made his film debut in the drama The War Zone (1999). His first lead film role was in the war drama Tigerland (2000), and he made his breakthrough in Steven Spielberg's science fiction film Minority Report (2002). He took on high-profile roles such as Bullseye in Daredevil (2003) and as Alexander the Great in Alexander (2004), with further starring roles in Michael Mann's Miami Vice (2006) and Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream (2007).
Farrell earned acclaim for playing a novice hitman in his first film with frequent collaborator Martin McDonagh, the dark comedy In Bruges (2008), winning a Golden Globe Award. He went on to play a variety of leading and character roles in the comedy Horrible Bosses (2011), the science fiction film Total Recall (2012), the drama Saving Mr. Banks (2013), the dark comedies Seven Psychopaths (2012) and The Lobster (2015), the thrillers The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), The Beguiled (2017), and Widows (2018), and the fantasy films Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and Dumbo (2019). He also starred in the second season of HBO's thriller series True Detective (2015).
Farrell played Oz Cobb/Penguin in the superhero film The Batman (2022) and the HBO series The Penguin (2024), winning a Golden Globe award for the latter. In 2022, he gained acclaim for his roles in the science fiction drama After Yang, the survival film Thirteen Lives, and McDonagh's drama The Banshees of Inisherin. For playing a naïve Irishman in the lattermost, he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and another Golden Globe, in addition to a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Farrell began acting in the BBC drama series Ballykissangel (1998) and made his film debut in the drama The War Zone (1999). His first lead film role was in the war drama Tigerland (2000), and he made his breakthrough in Steven Spielberg's science fiction film Minority Report (2002). He took on high-profile roles such as Bullseye in Daredevil (2003) and as Alexander the Great in Alexander (2004), with further starring roles in Michael Mann's Miami Vice (2006) and Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream (2007).
Farrell earned acclaim for playing a novice hitman in his first film with frequent collaborator Martin McDonagh, the dark comedy In Bruges (2008), winning a Golden Globe Award. He went on to play a variety of leading and character roles in the comedy Horrible Bosses (2011), the science fiction film Total Recall (2012), the drama Saving Mr. Banks (2013), the dark comedies Seven Psychopaths (2012) and The Lobster (2015), the thrillers The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), The Beguiled (2017), and Widows (2018), and the fantasy films Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and Dumbo (2019). He also starred in the second season of HBO's thriller series True Detective (2015).
Farrell played Oz Cobb/Penguin in the superhero film The Batman (2022) and the HBO series The Penguin (2024), winning a Golden Globe award for the latter. In 2022, he gained acclaim for his roles in the science fiction drama After Yang, the survival film Thirteen Lives, and McDonagh's drama The Banshees of Inisherin. For playing a naïve Irishman in the lattermost, he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and another Golden Globe, in addition to a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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Filmography
| 2027 | The Batman Part II · as Oz / The Penguin |
| 2025 | Ballad of a Small Player · as Lord Doyle |
| 2025 | A Big Bold Beautiful Journey · as David |
| 2025 | From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish · as Narrator |
| 2024 | The Penguin · as Oz 'the Penguin' Cobb |
| 2024 | Sugar (2024) · as John Sugar |
| 2022 | The Banshees of Inisherin · as Pádraic Súilleabháin |
| 2022 | Thirteen Lives · as John Volanthen |
| 2022 | The Batman · as Oz / The Penguin |
| 2021 | After Yang · as Jake |
| 2021 | The North Water · as Henry Drax |
| 2021 | Voyagers · as Richard |
| 2020 | Street Leagues · as Narrator |
| 2020 | Ava · as Simon |
| 2020 | Artemis Fowl · as Artemis Fowl I |
| 2019 | The Gentlemen · as Coach |
| 2019 | Dumbo · as Holt Farrier |
| 2018 | Widows · as Jack Mulligan |
| 2018 | Legend of Cambria · as Narrator |
| 2017 | Roman J. Israel, Esq. · as George Pierce |
| 2017 | The Killing of a Sacred Deer · as Steven Murphy |
| 2017 | The Beguiled · as Corporal Mcburney |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them · as Percival Graves |
| 2016 | It's Not Yet Dark · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | The Lobster · as David |
| 2015 | Solace · as Charles Ambrose |
| 2014 | Miss Julie · as John |
| 2014 | Winter's Tale · as Peter Lake |
| 2014 | True Detective · as Ray Velcoro |
| 2013 | Saving Mr. Banks · as Travers Robert Goff |
| 2013 | Epic · as Ronin (voice) |
| 2013 | Dead Man Down · as Victor |
| 2012 | Seven Psychopaths · as Marty Faranan |
| 2012 | Total Recall · as Douglas Quaid / Hauser |
| 2011 | Fright Night · as Jerry Dandrige |
| 2011 | Horrible Bosses · as Bobby Pellitt |
| 2010 | London Boulevard · as Harry Mitchel |
| 2010 | The Way Back · as Valka |
| 2010 | Burma Soldier · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2009 | Crazy Heart · as Tommy Sweet |
| 2009 | Triage · as Mark Walsh |
| 2009 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus · as Imaginarium Tony 3 |
| 2009 | Ondine · as Syracuse |
| 2008 | Pride and Glory · as Jimmy Eagan |
| 2008 | Kicking It · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2008 | In Bruges · as Ray |
| 2007 | Cassandra's Dream · as Terry BlaineOn Plex |
| 2006 | Celebrity Sex Tapes Unwound · as Cast |
| 2006 | Miami Vice · as Det. James 'sonny' Crockett |
| 2006 | Ask the Dust · as Arturo Bandini |
| 2005 | The New World · as Captain Smith |
| 2004 | Alexander · as Alexander |
| 2004 | A Home at the End of the World · as Bobby Morrow (1982) |
| 2004 | Charging for Alexander · as Alexander |
| 2003 | Intermission · as Lehiff |
| 2003 | S.W.A.T. · as Jim Street |
| 2003 | Veronica Guerin · as Tattooed Boy |
| 2003 | Daredevil · as Bullseye |
| 2003 | The Recruit · as James Clayton |
| 2002 | Phone Booth · as Stu Shepard |
| 2002 | Minority Report · as Danny Witwer |
| 2002 | Hart's War · as Lt. Thomas W. Hart |
| 2001 | Scrubs · as Billy |
| 2001 | American Outlaws · as Jesse James |
| 2000 | Tigerland · as Pvt. Roland BozzOn Plex |
| 2000 | Ordinary Decent Criminal · as Alec |
| 1999 | Love in the 21st Century · as Mattie |
| 1999 | The War Zone · as NickOn Plex |
| 1998 | Falling for a Dancer · as Daniel Mccarthey |
| 1998 | Falling for a Dancer · as Daniel Mccarthey |
| 1997 | Drinking Crude · as Click |
| 1996 | The Disappearance of Finbar · as Simon |
| 1996 | Ballykissangel · as Danny Byrne |
| 1995 | Frankie Starlight · as Young Man In Cinema No. 2 (uncredited) |
| 1992 |
| 2024 | The Penguin · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Sugar (2024) · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | |
| 2023 | Room Taken · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | Triage · as Executive Producer |
| 2008 | Kicking It · as Executive Producer |